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What is FOGO and why do we need it?
FOGO stands for Food Organics Garden Organics. It’s a new service that will start in July 2023, when you will be able to place food waste into your existing green lid bin with your garden waste for it to be recycled into compost.
Currently 56 per cent of waste found in our average red lid garbage bin is food waste. When food waste breaks down in landfill it creates methane, a greenhouse gas which is 23 times more damaging to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide.
Removing food waste from residential garbage bins in Manningham will divert up to 20,000 tonnes per year from landfill – that’s enough waste to fill the outdoor pool at Aquarena 40 times.
This will help us move towards achieving our climate targets of net zero emissions by 2028 and net zero community emissions by 2035.
How FOGO will change your existing waste service
If you have an existing residential waste service, there will be four main changes:
Starts 3 July 2023 Your existing green lid garden waste bin will become your Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) bin. If you don't have a garden bin, order a new one. |
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Starts 3 July 2023 Your green lid garden waste bin will be collected weekly (instead of fortnightly) to accommodate for the food waste that will no longer be placed in your red lid garbage bin. |
Fortnightly |
Starts 3 July 2023 Your red lid garbage bin will be collected fortnightly (instead of weekly), on the alternate week to your yellow lid recycling bin. |
Between March and May 2023 We will deliver a FOGO starter kit with a kitchen caddy and a roll of 150 compostable liners (a year's supply) to every household to help you carry your food scraps to your FOGO bin.
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What can and cannot go in your FOGO bin
Find out exactly what can and cannot go in your FOGO bin by downloading this handy A to Z FOGO guide.